Ivan P. Kaminow

Adjunct Professor

Research Centers

• Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC)
• Center for Optoelectronic Nanostructured SemiconductoR Technologies (CONSRT)

Teaching Schedule (Spring 2008)

• EE 298-5. Group Studies, Seminars, or Group Research, F 11:00-12:30p, 521 Cory

Biography

Ivan Kaminow retired from Bell Labs in 1996 after a 42-year career (1954-1996), mostly in lightwave research. At Bell Labs, he did seminal studies on electrooptic modulators and materials, Raman scattering in ferroelectrics, integrated optics (including titanium-diffused lithium niobate modulators), semiconductor lasers (including the DBR laser, ridge waveguide InGaAsP laser and multi-frequency laser), birefringent optical fibers, and WDM lightwave networks. Later, as Head of the Photonic Networks and Components Research Department, he led research on WDM components (including the erbium-doped fiber amplifier, waveguide grating router and the fiber Fabry-Perot resonator), and on WDM local and wide area networks. Earlier (1952-1954), he did research on microwave antenna arrays at Hughes Aircraft Company.

After retiring from Bell Labs, he served as IEEE Congressional Fellow on the staffs of the House Science Committee (Minority) and the Congressional Research Service (Science Policy Research Division) in the Library of Congress. From 1997 to 1999, he returned to Lucent Bell Labs as a part-time Consultant. He also established Kaminow Lightwave Technology to provide consulting services to various technology companies, and to patent and litigation law firms. In 1999 he served as Senior Science Advisor to the Optical Society of America in Washington. He also serves on a number of professional committees. He received degrees from Union College (BSEE), UCLA (MSE) and Harvard (AM, Ph.D.). He was a Hughes Fellow at UCLA and a Bell Labs Fellow at Harvard. He has been Visiting Professor at Princeton, Berkeley, Columbia, the University of Tokyo, and Kwangju University (Korea). Currently, he is Adjunct Professor in EECS at University of California, Berkeley, where he has been teaching since 2004 (ee290. Advanced Topics in Photonics [spring 2004]; ee233. Lightwave Systems [spring 2006]; seminar on Plasmonics [spring, fall 2007] and seminar on Plasmonics and Photonics [spring 2007]).

He has published over 240 papers, received 47 patents, and has written or co-edited 5 books, the most recent being ¿Optical Fiber Telecommunications IV A&B,¿ co-edited with Tingye Li and published in March 2002. ¿Optical Fiber Telecommunications V A&B,¿ co-edited with Tingye Li and Alan Willner will be published in March 2008. Kaminow is a Life Fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), and Fellow of APS (American Physical Society) and OSA (Optical Society of America). He is the recipient of the Bell Labs Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Award, IEEE Quantum Electronics Award, OSA Charles Townes Award, IEEE/LEOS/OSA John Tyndall Award, IEEE Third Millennium Medal and Union College Alumni Gold Medal. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Diplomate of the American Board of Laser Surgery, and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.

January 31, 2008

Selected Publications

• I. Kaminow, T. Li, and A. E. Willner, "Guest Editorial: Special 40th Anniversary Issue on Optoelectronics," J. Lightwave Technology, vol. 24, no. 12, Dec. 2006.
• I. Kaminow, Ed., Evolution of integrated optics: From 1969 proposal to commercial applictions in 35 years, 2006.
• I. Kaminow, Ed., "Predicting the future of optoelectronics," in APOC 2005: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2005.
• I. Kaminow, Ed., "Tutorial on Polarization Mode Dispersion," 2003.
• I. Kaminow, Ed., Optical Fiber Telecommunications: Present, Past and Future, 2003.
• I. Kaminow, "Optical Modulators," in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Vol. 9, New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
• I. Kaminow and T. Li, Eds., Optical Fiber Telecommunications IV-B: Systems and Impairments, 4 ed., Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA: Academic Press/Elsevier, 2002.
• I. Kaminow and T. Li, Eds., Optical Fiber Telecommunications IV-A: Components, 4 ed., San Diego, CA: Academic Press/Elsevier, 2002.
• I. Kaminow, "Internet: History and Future Prospects," in Proc. Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications Conf., 2001.
• I. Kaminow, "Life after Bell Labs," IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 1240-1243, Nov. 2000.
• I. Kaminow, "Light years: Golden years of lightwave research," Optical Fiber Technology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 13-18, Jan. 1998.
• I. Kaminow and J. B. Griffith, "Internet Technology," U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Science Policy Research Div., Tech. Rep. 97-392 SPR, March 1997.
• I. P. Kaminow, J. W. D., and B. J. G., Jr., "Stimulated Raman gain coefficients for Li6NbO3, Ba2NaNb5O15 , and other materials.," Appl. Phys. Letters, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 190-193, Sep. 1968.
• I. P. Kaminow, "Electro-Optic Materials," in Ferroelectricity; proceedings. Edited by Edward F. Weller., Amsterdam, New York.: Elsevier, 1967, pp. 183-196.
• I. P. Kaminow and W. D. Johnston, Jr., "Quantitative Determination of Sources of the Electro-Optic Effect in LiNbO3 and LiTaO3," Phys. Rev., vol. 160, no. 3, pp. 519-522, Aug. 1967.
• I. P. Kaminow, "Barium Titanate Light Modulator II," Appl. Phys. Letters, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 123-125, 1966.
• I. P. Kaminow and E. H. Turner, "electrooptic Light Modulators," Proc. IEEE, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 1374-1390, June 1966.
• I. P. Kaminow, "Barium Titanate Light Modulator II," Appl. Phys. Letters, vol. 8, no. 11, pp. 305-307, June 1966.
• I. P. Kaminow, "Parametric Principles in Optics," IEEE Spectrum, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 35-43, April 1966.
• I. P. Kaminow, "Laser-Excited Raman Spectra of Deuterated KH2PO4," J. Phys. Chem. Solids, vol. 26, pp. 2085--2088, June 1965.